Post by Logan on Jan 22, 2016 0:01:19 GMT -6
Sen. Richard Burr asks for retraction on report of comments about Ted Cruz
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr on Thursday strongly denied a news report that said he had told people he would vote for Democrat Bernie Sanders over Republican Ted Cruz.
Burr’s aides asked The Associated Press for a retraction. An AP spokesman said the news agency was sticking by its story.
“I will support whoever the GOP nominee is,” Burr tweeted. “@ap is trying to create discord where there isn't discord by telling lies.”
Burr was responding to an AP story by reporter Erica Werner about Cruz’s unpopularity with fellow Republican senators.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article55867330.html
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr on Thursday strongly denied a news report that said he had told people he would vote for Democrat Bernie Sanders over Republican Ted Cruz.
Burr’s aides asked The Associated Press for a retraction. An AP spokesman said the news agency was sticking by its story.
“I will support whoever the GOP nominee is,” Burr tweeted. “@ap is trying to create discord where there isn't discord by telling lies.”
Burr was responding to an AP story by reporter Erica Werner about Cruz’s unpopularity with fellow Republican senators.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article55867330.html